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"A Russian judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against Madonna by a group of anti-gay activists who sought $10.5 million for &amp;quot;moral damage&amp;quot; they said the pop star caused with her support of the city&amp;apos;s LGBT community during an August concert there, The Associated Press reports.\r\nSt. Petersburg passed a law earlier this year that forbids promoting homosexuality to minors. Madonna protested the measure during a performance August 9th, when she handed out pink bracelets to attendees and revealed the words &amp;quot;No Fear&amp;quot; written on her back.\r\nPlaintiffs attempted to prove their case by submitting evidence about gay culture culled from Wikipedia. &amp;quot;We aren&amp;apos;t against homosexual people, but we are against the propaganda of perversion among minors,&amp;quot; one of the plaintiffs, Darya Dedova, told the court. &amp;quot;We want to defend the values of a traditional family, which are currently in crisis in this country. Madonna violated our laws and she should be punished.&amp;quot;\r\nThe judge was unconvinced, and threw out the suit when plaintiffs were unable to persuade him that their case was more than arbitrary. One plaintiffs&amp;apos; group, the Union of Russian Citizens, said it plans to appeal.A spokeswoman for Madonna said the singer would have no comment."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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